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Faster and faster he went—up the slope that led on to the roadwaythen, with a half turn to the left, along the path to the door of the mill. His knees shook and his breath came in choking gasps as he tore madly up stairs and ladder, till he reached the great revolving cogwheel, and laid his trembling hand on the iron tongue. Then he glanced over his shoulder and out of the window. One sail came round. No, that was not the one. Another. No. Still another, and it came down more cjuickly than the others had done. There was a clank of iron, a scraping jar, a groan, and tlic great machinery came once more to a standstill. Down the ladder stairs again and out of the mill door. He had stopped the mill at the right moment, and she hung almost in the very spot where, a few- minutes before, she had been bound. The ladder was lying by, and Horace placed it against the wall, and was up it in an instant. A sharp cut with 'nis knife, and """ ,: "~p, unconscious figure slipped
shoulder. Tenderly he carried her into the mill and unfastened the cruel cords that tears wen saw tho! the white flesh where the cords had led. A few more turns—perchance only one—and they would have cut into the fair wrists and roused her to consciousness with tho increasing torture. Kissing her white set face, he ran for water, and returning, began the task of restoration. It was some minutes ere she opened her blue eyes. When she did, her ™» J ' ''»sted on his anxious lace, and led. For a moment or two I here was silence, and then Horace iskert : " Was it my brother ?" " Vnc riM trmi o« ve mo| dear?" mere was a sound of hurrying feet outside the mill. The door was flushed open, and two men rushed in. Seeing Horace they advanced. "Mr Horace," said one, " we're all sadly grieved to have to tell you. but Sir Itouben's jumped oil the . .- t,.._,_ :... ~ ._ 01d lore to the girl at his side. Shi not slow to respond. Tin iruised wrists were about his ml tears of sympathy were in " Poor Hci 'Do not bla i," she whispered, him, Horace. He ■iglvt mind. Let uk cd his head, as I have
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 93, 23 April 1904, Page 4
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746Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 93, 23 April 1904, Page 4
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